200,000 chickens perish in Chiba farm fire
CHIBA —
Police said Sunday that 200,000 chickens perished in a fire at a farm in Mobara, Chiba Prefecture.
According to police, the fire broke out at about 3:30 p.m. on Saturday at the chicken farm and egg-packing facility. TV Asahi reported that three buildings were destroyed by the fire that took firefighters about five hours to extinguish.
About 250,000 chickens were kept in the 21,000-square-meter facility.
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Tom DeMicke
Prices gonna go up at Kentucky Fried Chicken for sure!
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Resurfaced
200,000 chickens is a lot of chicken gone to waste but not enough to cause a chicken price panic. Poor chickens....
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Disillusioned
Kentucky doesn't use Japanese chicken. It is from Brazil.
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Vernie Jefferies
Wow, that's a lot of chicken. I can't imagine how bad it will be smelling in that area after the fire. The aroma of a chicken farm is already bad enough.
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bicultural
In fact they do. They have their own chicken farms in Kyushu. I know this for a fact because a friend of mine works for Yum foods Japan, which is owned by Mitsubishi.
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Ewan Huzarmy
Just the other week it was 139 pigs on a farm in ibaraki ...... are these two events connected ?
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cleo
Just under a square foot per bird. Pretty crowded, but it sounds at least like they weren't stacked wing-to-wing in tiny crates up to the ceiling. Better than in Ibaraki.
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Serrano
Poor chickens.
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johnny7
Puts new meaning to the term..GETTING FIRED..
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oberst
R.I.P. chickens, at least you guys didn't manage to be dismembered and eaten.
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AiserX
:( I used to have chickens as pets at one point. Always fun to watch and play with. sad day. =(
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mtwildman
@ AiserX...Amen! I have the same feeling...Thank's for your comment!
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AiserX
@mtwildman
They are also some of the most curious of animals. :) When ever your doing something they will always walk by and watch until loss of interest. :) Often times walking around what ever activity you are engaged in looking from every angle. :)
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waltery
Sad story, hope they went quick. Not sure if I want to eat flame grilled for a while.
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Guza!
geeez! what a tragedy :( rip chickens
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wtfjapan
damn imagine the sight of 200,000 flapping fireballs, and the noise they must have made. RIP
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